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For map questions, locate the number of the places being described in the question.  Then, enter ONLY the correct number in the answer field. 

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For example, if the correct location is 5, then put 5 in the box. DO NOT put \#5, five, 5. , number 5, or anything else in the box except the number itself.
// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam // question: 1377349 name: TF Instructions ::TF Instructions::[html]When reading and answering True or False questions, if ANY PART of the statement is false, the answer is false. In order to be true, every statement or fact must be true. // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Misc Matching and others $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Misc Matching and others // question: 1377396 name: Matching People ::Matching People::[html]

Read the description on the left. Under the CHOOSE drop down menu on the right, select the correct person that is being described.
(Each of the 8 people on the right has a correct matching description on the left)

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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, perhaps the most popular and influential piece of abolitionist propaganda in the United States in 1852

-> Harriet Beecher Stowe =

Leader of nineteen rescue missions that freed approximately 300 slaves

-> Harriet Tubman =

Leader of the Mexican forces in the Texas revolt and Mexican-American War

-> Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna =

Born into slavery, he escaped to freedom, and founded his own abolitionist newspaper, The North Star

-> Frederick Douglass =

For his 1856 speech, Crime Against Kansas, this Massachusetts Senator was beaten by a disgruntled Southerner

-> Charles Sumner =

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case

-> Roger Taney =

The founder of Mormonism, born in upstate New York in the early nineteenth century

-> Joseph Smith =

Historian whose definition of nativism, in his book Strangers in the Land, incorporates three important strains that are evident throughout United States History in the 19th Century

-> John Higham } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377363 name: "Popular sovereignty" was the belief that ::"Popular sovereignty" was the belief that::[html]"Popular sovereignty" was the belief that{ ~[moodle]the United States was destined to control the entire continent.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the American Indian was the ward of the U.S. government.#Incorrect =[moodle]settlers to a territory should decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery.#Correct ~[moodle]the federal government had the final authority on slavery in the territories.#Incorrect ~[moodle]citizens should be free to choose their own reading material.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377425 name: A common defense of the institution of slavery was that ::A common defense of the institution of slavery was that::[html]A common defense of the institution of slavery by slave owners was that{ =[moodle]slaves were treated better than northern industrial workers. ~[moodle]slave children played with white children. ~[moodle]slaves lived better on southern plantations than the natives in Africa. ~[moodle]slaves lived much longer than whites. ~[moodle]slaves always had the ability to resettle back to Africa with the help of the American Colonization Society. } // question: 1377402 name: According to the video, Douglas accused Lincoln of ::According to the video, Douglas accused Lincoln of::[html]

According to the video, Douglas accused Lincoln of being a 'Black Republican', implying that Lincoln favored

{ ~[moodle]prohibiting slavery. =[moodle]social equality with blacks. ~[moodle]invasion of the South. ~[moodle]voting for free African Americans. ~[moodle]doing whatever it took to win the support of Black voters. } // question: 1377434 name: According to the video, in the case of McCulloch v ::According to the video, in the case of McCulloch v::[html]According to the video, in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland , the Supreme Court{ ~[moodle]upheld state power over federal power, confirming the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.. =[moodle]established federal judiciary power over that of the state courts. ~[moodle]created the practice of judicial review. ~[moodle]established the principle that the federal government would control interstate commerce. ~[moodle]ruled in favor of the sanctity of contracts, and that the state of Georgia could not confiscate lands previously sold to private individuals. } // question: 1377417 name: According to the video, in the Lincoln-Douglas deb ::According to the video, in the Lincoln-Douglas deb::[html]According to the video, in the Lincoln-Douglas debates{ ~[moodle]Douglas revealed that, while he was morally opposed to slavery, he was unwilling to have the federal government do anything about it. ~[moodle]Lincoln endorsed abolitionism. ~[moodle]Douglas was forced to conclude that slavery could be restored to the free states. ~[moodle]Lincoln was forced to admit that he believed in the social equality of the races. =[moodle]none of the above } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics // question: 1377473 name: According to this graphic of the 1840 presidential election, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT ::According to this graphic of the 1840 presidential election, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT::[html]

According to this graphic, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT 

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{ ~[moodle]Both parties won electoral votes in each of the three regions of the country, north, south, and west.#

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~[moodle]Because the Whig candidate had more electoral votes, he was the winner in this election. ~[moodle]William Henry Harrison had the majority of the popular votes. =[moodle]It is clear (by the electoral votes) that the most populated states were southern, slaveholding states, rather than northern states. ~[moodle]The Whig Party won more of the states located in the Trans-Appalachian West than the Democratic Party did. } // question: 1377475 name: According to this graphic on white male suffrage, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT ::According to this graphic on white male suffrage, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT::[html]

According to this graphic on white male suffrage, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT 

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{ ~[moodle]If you were a freeholder (property owner), your chances of voting in more states was greater than those who did not own property, regardless of year. =[moodle]In Virginia, the qualifications necessary to vote were significantly reduced from 1800 to 1830. ~[moodle]The right to vote was more widespread and included more people in 1830 than it had been in 1800. ~[moodle]There were more states in 1830 than in 1800. ~[moodle]No voting rights changes took place in North Carolina during the 30 year period from 1800 to 1830. } // question: 1377474 name: According to this graphic, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT ::According to this graphic, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT::[html]

According to this graphic, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT 

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{ ~[moodle]In only two states did slaves clearly outnumber whites. ~[moodle]The more north and/or west you go, the percentage of slaves generally declines. =[moodle]No free blacks lived in slaveholding states. ~[moodle]The percentage of free blacks in Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Illinois cannot be known by using this map. ~[moodle]Delaware had the largest number of free blacks in it's population. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377431 name: According to UCLA historian Kathryn Sklar in the video, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the settlement of the Kansas territory or its inhabitants? ::According to UCLA historian Kathryn Sklar in the video, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the settlement of the Kansas territory or its inhabitants?::[html]

According to UCLA historian Kathryn Sklar in the video, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the settlement of the Kansas territory or its inhabitants? 

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{ ~[moodle]Problems occurred due to the rapidity of the settlement there. ~[moodle]In the end, perhaps due to location or geography, inhabitants identified themselves as living in a free state. ~[moodle]Although both sides committed acts of violence, the aggressive nature of the pro-slave element has the largest impact. =[moodle]Popular sovereignty practiced in Kansas, even with its problems, was seen as the national solution to the problem of slavery both in the North and the South. ~[moodle]All of these answers are correct. } // question: 1377429 name: ALL of the following were regarded as northern 'insults' to southerners and their way of life, EXCEPT which one? ::ALL of the following were regarded as northern 'insults' to southerners and their way of life, EXCEPT which one?::[html]ALL of the following were regarded as northern 'insults' to southerners and their way of life, EXCEPT which one?
{ ~[moodle]Open protests against the Fugitive Slave Law ~[moodle]rejection of the Lecompton constitution =[moodle]acceptance of the Dred Scott decision ~[moodle]support of John Brown's raid ~[moodle]the passing of Personal Liberty Laws ~[moodle]Stephen Douglas' Freeport Doctrine } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377355 name: Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it ::Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it::[html]Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it{ =[moodle]benefited northern and foreign investors at the expense of southern and western farmers.#Correct ~[moodle]was too liberal with its loan policies.#Incorrect ~[moodle]did not exercise enough centralized control over the monetary system.#Incorrect ~[moodle]charged excessive interest rates.#Incorrect ~[moodle]benefited plantation owners more than small farmers.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377692 name: Andrew Jackson's Indian policy ::Andrew Jackson's Indian policy::[html]Andrew Jackson's Indian policy{ ~[moodle]protected the sovereign rights of Indian nations within their own territories.#Incorrect =[moodle]openly violated Supreme Court rulings by allowing state governments to encroach on Indian land.#Correct ~[moodle]increased the size of Indian reservations as a reward for tribal support in the War of 1812.#Incorrect ~[moodle]terminated the reservations and assimilated Indians into white society.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was based on the assumption that all Indians would ultimately have to be killed.#Incorrect } // question: 1377695 name: As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, ::As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,::[html]As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,{ ~[moodle]the state of Illinois passed legislation making slavery a punishment for crime.#Incorrect =[moodle]Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.#Correct ~[moodle]Abraham Lincoln was almost kicked out of the Republican Party.#Incorrect ~[moodle]both Lincoln and Douglas were defeated by Know-Nothing candidate Nathaniel Banks.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377351 name: Between 1790 and 1820, voting rights ::Between 1790 and 1820, voting rights::[html]Between 1790 and 1820, voting rights{ ~[moodle]increasingly excluded most artisans and laborers.#Incorrect ~[moodle]remained strongly tied to property ownership.#Incorrect ~[moodle]increased in New England but declined in the South.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was never limited to just free white men.#Incorrect =[moodle]became easier and greatly expanded for white men.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377404 name: Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott de ::Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott de::[html]Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision invalidated this earlier act of Congress.{ =[moodle]Missouri Compromise ~[moodle]Compromise of 1850 ~[moodle]three-fifths compromise ~[moodle]Wilmot Proviso ~[moodle]Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo } // question: 1377426 name: Chief Justice John Marshall often delivered rulings on behalf of the federal government having powers greater than those of the states. He did so in all of the following cases EXCEPT which one? ::Chief Justice John Marshall often delivered rulings on behalf of the federal government having powers greater than those of the states. He did so in all of the following cases EXCEPT which one?::[html]

Chief Justice John Marshall often delivered rulings on behalf of the federal government having powers greater than those of the states.  He did so in all of the following cases EXCEPT which one?

{ ~[moodle]McCulloch v. Maryland 1819 ~[moodle]Fletcher v. Peck 1810 ~[moodle]Gibbons v. Ogden 1824 ~[moodle]Worcester v. Georgia 1832 (Cherokee cases) =[moodle]Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 } // question: 1377411 name: Concerning American reform movements in the first ::Concerning American reform movements in the first::[html]Concerning American reform movements in the first half of the 19th century, Romanticism{ ~[moodle]A) was consistent with traditional Calvinism. ~[moodle]B) stressed the importance of order and control. ~[moodle]both A and B =[moodle]neither A nor B } // question: 1377405 name: Democrat James K. Polk's belligerent 1844 campaign slogan, 'Fifty-four ::Democrat James K. Polk's belligerent 1844 campaign slogan, 'Fifty-four::[html]

James K. Polk's belligerent slogan, 'Fifty-four Forty or Fight,' was a reference to U.S. claims to 

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{ ~[moodle]a Texas border at the Nueces River. ~[moodle]California, south to Baja. =[moodle]Oregon territory, north to the Russian-Alaska boundary. ~[moodle]New Mexico/Arizona border, deeper into Mexico. ~[moodle]Upholding and protecting the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820. } // question: 1377420 name: Federalism (a federal system of government) is one in which ::Federalism (a federal system of government) is one in which::[html]Federalism (a federal system of government) is one in which{ ~[moodle]all power is concentrated in the national government =[moodle]powers are divided between the in federal and the state governments ~[moodle]the states are supreme ~[moodle]there is a system of Cabinet responsibility ~[moodle]none of the above } // question: 1377414 name: Garrisonian abolitionists called for ::Garrisonian abolitionists called for::[html]Garrisonian abolitionists called for{ ~[moodle]immediate abolition gradually accomplished. ~[moodle]gradual abolition gradually accomplished. =[moodle]immediate abolition immediately accomplished. ~[moodle]gradual abolition with compensation to the slaveowner. ~[moodle]immediate abolition with compensation to the slaveowner. } // question: 1377433 name: Henry Clay's "American System" included all of ::Henry Clay's "American System" included all of::[html]Henry Clay's "American System" included all of the following EXCEPT{ =[moodle]quota restrictions on immigration. ~[moodle]support and expansion of the national bank. ~[moodle]federal funding for internal improvements. ~[moodle]a high protective tariff. } // question: 1377432 name: In response to the Supreme Court's rulings in the ::In response to the Supreme Court's rulings in the::[html]In response to the Supreme Court's rulings in the Cherokee cases, Andrew Jackson{ ~[moodle]acquiesced and grudgingly accepted the court's rulings. ~[moodle]persuaded Congress to amend the constitution to allow the Indian removal. =[moodle]defied the court and allowed troops to force the removal of the Cherokee. ~[moodle]worked to have several justices impeached and replaced with his supporters. ~[moodle]became the first president to be impeached for defying an act of Congress. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377367 name: In the "Freeport Doctrine," ::In the "Freeport Doctrine,"::[html]In the "Freeport Doctrine,"{ ~[moodle]the Supreme Court ruled that residence in Freeport, Illinois, did not automatically free runaways.#Incorrect =[moodle]Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there.#Correct ~[moodle]Abraham Lincoln agreed that there was no means of preventing the extension of slavery.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Stephen Douglas insisted that slavery was legal in all the free states and territories.#Incorrect ~[moodle]slaves who escaped to the North were declared free.#Incorrect } // question: 1377352 name: In the south, evangelicals ::In the south, evangelicals::[html]In the south, evangelicals{ ~[moodle]challenged the social hierarchy.#Incorrect =[moodle]held that social roles were made by God.#Correct ~[moodle]criticized the patriarchal family.#Incorrect ~[moodle]claimed the social hierarchy was in need of constant change.#Incorrect ~[moodle]all of the above.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics // question: 1377476 name: Interpreting this graph correctly, which one of the following claims is correct? ::Interpreting this graph correctly, which one of the following claims is correct?::[html]

Interpreting this graph correctly, which one of the following claims is correct? 

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{ ~[moodle]Germans outnumbered Irish in a majority of the ten occupations listed on this chart. ~[moodle]All dressmakers in New York were either Irish or German women. ~[moodle]Irish outnumbered Germans in all occupations by a ration of 3 to 1 ~[moodle]The more skilled jobs were more likely to be done by Irish, rather than German workers. =[moodle]If you lived in New York and hired a day laborer in 1855, you were almost guaranteed to be hiring an Irish worker. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377422 name: John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry ::John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry::[html]

John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry 

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{ =[moodle]was not the first time that he tried or was successful in killing advocates of slavery. ~[moodle]was directed at seizing a large slave plantation. ~[moodle]saw him captured by Robert E. Lee, who was a Colonel in the Confederate States of America at that time. ~[moodle]led to a guilty verdict and life imprisonment. ~[moodle]was financed by the Republican Party } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377359 name: Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people ::Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people::[html]Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people{ ~[moodle]were lazy, sinful, devil worshippers.#Incorrect ~[moodle]could not be helped by government policies or institutions.#Incorrect ~[moodle]should either be drafted into the army or employed in federal work camps.#Incorrect ~[moodle]should be deported.#Incorrect =[moodle]had been mistreated as children and could be rehabilitated as adults.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377696 name: Members of the Order which were largely American-born Protestants, which eventually evolved into the Know-Nothings, supported all of the following except ::Members of the Order which were largely American-born Protestants, which eventually evolved into the Know-Nothings, supported all of the following except::[html]Members of the Order which were largely American-born Protestants, which eventually evolved into the Know-Nothings, supported all of the following except{ ~[moodle]temperance.#Incorrect ~[moodle]restricting public office to native born men.#Incorrect ~[moodle]lengthening the naturalization period before immigrants could become citizens.#Incorrect ~[moodle]keeping their Order secret.#Incorrect =[moodle]tax support for parochial schools.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377401 name: Most of the immigrants who came to the United Stat ::Most of the immigrants who came to the United Stat::[html]Most of the immigrants who came to the United States in the decades just before the Civil War were from{ =[moodle]Ireland and Germany. ~[moodle]England and Scotland. ~[moodle]Italy and Poland. ~[moodle]Africa and West Indies. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377368 name: Non-slaveholders in the South were held together by ::Non-slaveholders in the South were held together by::[html]Non-slaveholders in the South were held together by{ ~[moodle]kinship.#Incorrect ~[moodle]economic interest.#Incorrect ~[moodle]race.#Incorrect ~[moodle]a belief in white supremacy.#Incorrect =[moodle]all of the above.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377693 name: Of the following reforms sought by women's rights advocates in the 1840's, which one was considered "too radical" and caused a rift in the movement, preventing a full unification of the movement in the first half of the 19th Century? ::Of the following reforms sought by women's rights advocates in the 1840's, which one was considered "too radical" and caused a rift in the movement, preventing a full unification of the movement in the first half of the 19th Century?::[html]

Of the following reforms sought by women's rights advocates in the 1840's, which one was considered "too radical" and caused a rift in the movement, preventing a full unification of the movement in the first half of the 19th Century?

{ ~[moodle]better access for women to property#

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~[moodle]a more equitable chance for education and the professions ~[moodle]keeping (and increasing) wages for their own labor#

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~[moodle]custody of their children in cases of divorce#

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=[moodle]the right to vote.#

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} // question: 1377408 name: Reformers in the 1820's and 1830's generally bel ::Reformers in the 1820's and 1830's generally bel::[html]Reformers in the 1820's and 1830's generally believed in all of the following EXCEPT{ ~[moodle]the basic goodness of human nature. =[moodle]tolerance for the diverse cultural habits of Americans. ~[moodle]the usefulness of social control to eliminate unacceptable social behavior. ~[moodle]they were morally certain of what was right. ~[moodle]they could create the perfect community on earth. } // question: 1377435 name: The "Trail of Tears" referred to ::The "Trail of Tears" referred to::[html]The "Trail of Tears" referred to{ ~[moodle]Irish immigrants fleeing starvation in Ireland. =[moodle]the forced movement of the Cherokee and other tribes to Indian Territory. ~[moodle]the flight of Mormon refugees from the Midwest to Utah. ~[moodle]runaway slaves' capture and return to owners in the South. ~[moodle]the path of the Underground Railroad across the Mason-Dixon Line. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377360 name: The abolitionists of the 1830s ::The abolitionists of the 1830s::[html]The abolitionists of the 1830s{ ~[moodle]were all members of the Quaker faith.#Incorrect ~[moodle]advocated a bloody civil war to punish slave owners.#Incorrect ~[moodle]encouraged the admission of the free state of Texas to the union.#Incorrect ~[moodle]persuaded the majority of northern citizens to oppose slavery.#Incorrect =[moodle]were an active and influential minority within the reform movements of the era.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics // question: 1377477 name: The annual consumption of alcohol, which had reached an all-time high during the 1820s, ::The annual consumption of alcohol, which had reached an all-time high during the 1820s,::[html]

The annual consumption of alcohol, which had reached an all-time high during the 1820s, 

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{ ~[moodle]was no longer perceived as a problem by 1830.#

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~[moodle]remained roughly the same during the 1830s.#

Incorrect

~[moodle]doubled during the 1830s.#

Incorrect

~[moodle]quadrupled during the 1830s.#

Incorrect

=[moodle]dropped by more than one-half during the 1830s.#

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} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377424 name: The appearance of the Know-Nothings reflected the ::The appearance of the Know-Nothings reflected the::[html]The appearance of the Know-Nothings reflected the growing frustration felt by many Americans over the{ ~[moodle]inadequacies of public education. ~[moodle]growing problems of runaway slaves. =[moodle]growing political influences of immigrants, especially Irish Catholics. ~[moodle]federal government reserving vast trails of western lands for Indians. ~[moodle]acceptance of the market revolution. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics // question: 1377471 name: The congressional proposal that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, and which was passed by the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate, was the ::The congressional proposal that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, and which was passed by the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate, was the::[html]The congressional proposal that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, and which was passed by the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate, was the{ ~[moodle]Ostend Manifesto.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Popular Sovereignty Act.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Crittenden Compromise.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.#Incorrect =[moodle]Wilmot Proviso.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377356 name: The Democratic Party ::The Democratic Party::[html]The Democratic Party{ =[moodle]supported both agrarian democratic principles and the continuation of southern slavery.#Correct ~[moodle]favored strict limitations on voting rights.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was similar in policy and constituencies to the Federalist Party.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was almost destroyed by the election of 1828.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was organized to oppose Andrew Jackson.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377409 name: The Dred Scott decision in 1857 ::The Dred Scott decision in 1857::[html]The Dred Scott decision in 1857{ ~[moodle]calmed the fears of abolitionists. =[moodle]supported the extremist southern argument on the rights of slave owners. ~[moodle]upheld the Missouri Compromise as constitutional. ~[moodle]upheld the Free Soil position on extension of slavery into the newly acquired territories. ~[moodle]was Chief Justice John Marshall's last decision before retirement } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377369 name: The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who ::The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who::[html]The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who{ ~[moodle]had been taken to live in Kansas.#Incorrect =[moodle]was suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory.#Correct ~[moodle]sued for his wife's freedom on the grounds that she had been married to a free black.#Incorrect ~[moodle]had been freed by his master and who challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.#Incorrect ~[moodle]wished to exercise his right to vote.#Incorrect } // question: 1377361 name: The first Women's Rights Convention (1848) was held in ::The first Women's Rights Convention (1848) was held in::[html]The first Women's Rights Convention (1848) was held in{ ~[moodle]Philadelphia.#Incorrect =[moodle]Seneca Falls.#Correct ~[moodle]Boston.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Charleston.#Incorrect ~[moodle]New York City.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377423 name: The Illinois Senate election of 1858 ::The Illinois Senate election of 1858::[html]The Illinois Senate election of 1858{ ~[moodle]pitted the Republican Douglas against the Democrat Lincoln. ~[moodle]saw the incumbent defeated. =[moodle]had the Democrat defending popular sovereignty. ~[moodle]saw the Republicans run the better-known candidate. ~[moodle]had the Republican promote the idea of racial equality. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377370 name: The Kansas-Nebraska Act ::The Kansas-Nebraska Act::[html]The Kansas-Nebraska Act{ ~[moodle]divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories.#Incorrect ~[moodle]repealed the Missouri Compromise.#Incorrect ~[moodle]represented the interests of the southern faction of the Democratic Party.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was supported by Stephen Douglas.#Incorrect =[moodle]all of the above.#Correct } // question: 1377353 name: The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except ::The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except::[html]The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except{ ~[moodle]republicanism.#Incorrect ~[moodle]capitalism.#Incorrect =[moodle]abolitionism.#Correct ~[moodle]Protestantism.#Incorrect ~[moodle]paternalism.#Incorrect } // question: 1377364 name: The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was ::The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was::[html]The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was{ ~[moodle]resolution of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute.#Incorrect =[moodle]the Fugitive Slave Act.#Correct ~[moodle]the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the settlement of Texas war debt.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the admission of California.#Incorrect } // question: 1377365 name: The Ostend Manifesto was ::The Ostend Manifesto was::[html]The Ostend Manifesto was{ =[moodle]a document in which the United States threatened to seize control of Cuba.#Correct ~[moodle]the treaty that gave Cuba its independence.#Incorrect ~[moodle]an attempted Spanish invasion of Louisiana.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the antislavery newspaper that published Uncle Tom's Cabin.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the U.S. demand for Texas.#Incorrect } // question: 1377357 name: The phrase "the spoils system" referred to ::The phrase "the spoils system" referred to::[html]The phrase "the spoils system" referred to{ ~[moodle]corrupt politicians who spoiled the public image of national office holders.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the government agency set up to regulate garbage collection and disposal.#Incorrect =[moodle]Andrew Jackson's use of presidential appointive powers to reward his supporters with government jobs.#Correct ~[moodle]Martin Van Buren's efforts to ruin the relationship between Jackson and John C. Calhoun.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the bargain made between Clay and Adams in the election of 1824.#Incorrect } // question: 1377358 name: The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party. ::The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party.::[html]The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party.{ ~[moodle]Republican#Incorrect ~[moodle]Federalist#Incorrect =[moodle]Whig#Correct ~[moodle]Know-Nothing#Incorrect ~[moodle]Socialist#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377430 name: The Republic of Texas, also known as the Lone Star ::The Republic of Texas, also known as the Lone Star::[html]The Republic of Texas, also known as the Lone Star Republic from 1836-1845, was not immediately annexed by the United States largely because of the{ =[moodle]fact that Texas would have to be admitted as a slave state. ~[moodle]opposition of Stephen F. Austin. ~[moodle]fear that there were too many outlaws residing in the republic. ~[moodle]isolationist policies of the Democratic Party. ~[moodle]opposition by president John Tyler } // question: 1377407 name: The term manifest destiny describes all of the fol ::The term manifest destiny describes all of the fol::[html]The term manifest destiny describes all of the following ideas EXCEPT\:{ ~[moodle]the idea that Americans had a God-given right to bring the benefits of American democracy to backward peoples. ~[moodle]the concern for the economic future of the United States. ~[moodle]the idea that the American frontier spirit made it inevitable that American culture would dominate the continent. =[moodle]the Southern idea that there would be a gradual inclusion of more slave states into the union, including the eventual legalization of slavery throughout the country. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377694 name: The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that ::The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that::[html]The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that{ =[moodle]Providence had destined the American continent to be dominated by the United States.#Correct ~[moodle]war between the United States and Mexico was inevitable.#Incorrect ~[moodle]American Indians were to be driven from the continent.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the U.S. would defeat the British and become the leading world power.#Incorrect ~[moodle]all of the above.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377366 name: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ::The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo::[html]The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo{ ~[moodle]authorized the United States to pay $15 million to Mexico.#Incorrect ~[moodle]fixed the Texas border at the Rio Grande.#Incorrect ~[moodle]ended the United States' war with Mexico.#Incorrect ~[moodle]ceded the Northwestern section of Mexico to the U.S.#Incorrect =[moodle]all of the above.#Correct } // question: 1377362 name: The Whig party supported all of the following except ::The Whig party supported all of the following except::[html]The Whig party supported all of the following except{ =[moodle]public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies.#Correct ~[moodle]moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption.#Incorrect ~[moodle]government-supported internal improvements.#Incorrect ~[moodle]an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy.#Incorrect ~[moodle]public schools.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Graphics // question: 1377472 name: To what historical item does this bumper sticker, with a quote by Revolutionary War founding father George Mason, specifically refer? ::To what historical item does this bumper sticker, with a quote by Revolutionary War founding father George Mason, specifically refer?::[html]

To what historical item does this bumper sticker, with a quote by Revolutionary War founding father George Mason, specifically refer?

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{ ~[moodle]The Declaration of Independence. =[moodle]The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. ~[moodle]The "peculiar institution". ~[moodle]The Emancipation Proclamation. ~[moodle]American Freedom. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377410 name: Which general statement concerning the comparative ::Which general statement concerning the comparative::[html]Which general statement concerning the comparative development of the North and South prior to the Civil War is the MOST accurate?{ =[moodle]The South became increasingly unlike the North and increasingly sensitive to threats to its way of life. ~[moodle]The North and the South were never terribly different, but this did not prevent the South from being sensitive to threats to what it perceived to be its distinct way of life. ~[moodle]The North and the South grew increasingly similar, which made it increasingly unnecessary for the South to worry about threats to its way of life. ~[moodle]The South became increasingly unlike the North, in fact, so unlike the North that southerners were unconcerned about what northerners thought of them. ~[moodle]The North grew increasingly like the South, which gave southerners increasing confidence that their way of life was superior. } // question: 1377419 name: Which is true of the elastic clause of the Consti ::Which is true of the elastic clause of the Consti::[html]Which is true of the elastic clause of the Constitution of the United States?{ ~[moodle]its use has aided states' rightists throughout the nation's history ~[moodle]its use came to an abrupt end after the Civil War and the triumph of nationalism ~[moodle]it has been a secret weapon of the strict interpreters of the Constitution =[moodle]it has provided our nation with its historic trend towards loose construction ~[moodle]it has been a countermeasure against any use of implied powers by the federal government } // question: 1377416 name: Which of the following correctly identifies the th ::Which of the following correctly identifies the th::[html]

Which of the following correctly identifies the three patterns of nativism described by John Higham in his book Strangers in the Land\: Patterns of American Nativism - 1860-1925? 

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{ ~[moodle]anti-Black, pro-radical, anti-Puritan nativism ~[moodle]anti-Catholic, anti-radical, anti-Anglo-Saxon nativism =[moodle]anti-radical, anti-Catholic, racial nativism ~[moodle]pro-republican, anti-racial, anti-religious nativism ~[moodle]anti-immigrant, pro-Anglo-Saxon, and anti-Catholic nativism } // question: 1377421 name: Which of the following reform movements of the ant ::Which of the following reform movements of the ant::[html]Which of the following reform movements of the ante-bellum (pre-Civil War) period is INCORRECTLY paired with one of its leaders?{ ~[moodle]abolition - William Lloyd Garrison =[moodle]temperance - Frederick Douglass ~[moodle]public education - Horace Mann ~[moodle]humane treatment of the insane - Dorothea Dix ~[moodle]woman's suffrage - Elizabeth Cady Stanton } // question: 1377418 name: Which of the following vocabulary words dealing wi ::Which of the following vocabulary words dealing wi::[html]Which of the following vocabulary words dealing with the Constitutional powers is INCORRECTLY paired with its example and/or definition?{ ~[moodle]delegated power - the federal government has the power to coin money ~[moodle]enumerated power - the federal government has the power to regulate interstate trade and foreign commerce ~[moodle]concurrent power - both federal and state governments have the power to raise a police force ~[moodle]residual power - the state governments have all powers not given to the federal government =[moodle]implied power - the federal government has all the powers given to it except those in the elastic clause of the Constitution } // question: 1377415 name: Which of the following was acquired by the federal ::Which of the following was acquired by the federal::[html]Which of the following was acquired by the federal government after an official congressional declaration of war and resulting United States military victory?{ ~[moodle]Texas =[moodle]California ~[moodle]Oregon ~[moodle]Cuba ~[moodle]all of the above } // question: 1377428 name: Which one of the following number sequences is the correct c ::Which one of the following number sequences is the correct c::[html]Which one of the following number sequences is the correct chronological order of these events?
(1) Dred Scott decision
(2) Lincoln-Douglas Debates
(3) Kansas-Nebraska Act
(4) John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid{ =[moodle]3,1,2,4 ~[moodle]3,2,1,4 ~[moodle]1,2,4,3 ~[moodle]2,3,1,4 } // question: 1377427 name: Which one of the following political parties does ::Which one of the following political parties does::[html]Which one of the following political parties does NOT belong in this list of sectional and/or special interest parties prior to the Civil War?{ ~[moodle]Free-Soil Party ~[moodle]Liberty Party ~[moodle]American (Know Nothing) Party =[moodle]Democratic Party ~[moodle]Republican Party } // question: 1377406 name: Which one of the following was NOT part of the Com ::Which one of the following was NOT part of the Com::[html]Which one of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?{ ~[moodle]California would be admitted as a free state ~[moodle]New Mexico and Utah territories would decide on the slavery question using popular sovereignty. ~[moodle]Texas would be compensated for land ceded to the New Mexico Territory =[moodle]All existing fugitive slave laws would be repealed ~[moodle]The slave trade, but not slavery, would be abolished in the District of Columbia } // question: 1377412 name: Which statement about southern slaveholding is the ::Which statement about southern slaveholding is the::[html]Which statement about southern slaveholding is the MOST accurate?{ ~[moodle]A majority of white males owned slaves. ~[moodle]The planter class was so aristocratic as to be anti-capitalistic and against the market economy. ~[moodle]Those who owned no slaves constituted a minor portion of the southern population. =[moodle]The planter class exercised power beyond their numbers. ~[moodle]Each statement is accurate. } // question: 1377413 name: Whig reformer Horace Mann of Massachusetts believed that education should promote ::Whig reformer Horace Mann of Massachusetts believed that education should promote::[html]

Whig reformer Horace Mann of Massachusetts believed that education should promote 

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{ ~[moodle]A) democracy. ~[moodle]B) social order. ~[moodle]C) racial equality. ~[moodle]D) economic equality. =[moodle]both A and B } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 1377354 name: White southerners justified the institution of slavery with each of the following religious arguments except ::White southerners justified the institution of slavery with each of the following religious arguments except::[html]White southerners justified the institution of slavery with each of the following religious arguments except{ ~[moodle]Jesus never criticized slavery.#Incorrect ~[moodle]slaves were the descendants of Ham and deserved enslavement.#Incorrect ~[moodle]slavery had given African Americans Christianity.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the Epistles of Paul urged slaves to obey their masters.#Incorrect =[moodle]slavery was a gift to God.#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/My MC // question: 1377403 name: Women's rights advocate Lucretia Mott's comment to Elizabet ::Women's rights advocate Lucretia Mott's comment to Elizabet::[html]

Women's rights advocate Lucretia Mott's comment to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 'Why Lizzie, thee will make us ridiculous,' is good illustration of the differences among women reformers over

{ =[moodle]demanding the right to vote. ~[moodle]shifting from moral reform to women's rights. ~[moodle]wanting to wear clothing like bloomers. ~[moodle]demanding property, custody, and education rights. ~[moodle]requiring men to share responsibility for household chores. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377697 name: Map1 - Appalachian Mountains ::Map1 - Appalachian Mountains::[html]Appalachian Mountains { =%100%*11*# } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/Maps $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/Maps // question: 1377665 name: Map1 - Mississippi River ::Map1 - Mississippi River::[html]

Where is the Mississippi River, the major waterway in the United States in which many western and southern farmers moved their crops to market? 

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{ =%100%*2*# } // question: 1377664 name: Map1 - Nueces ::Map1 - Nueces::[html]

Where is the Nueces River, Mexico's claim to the official border with the United States? 

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{ =%100%*7*# } // question: 1377663 name: Map1 - Rio Grande ::Map1 - Rio Grande::[html]

Where is the Rio Grande River, President Polk's claim to the official border with Mexico. 

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{ =%100%*9*# } // question: 1377666 name: Map1 - Trans-Appalachian West ::Map1 - Trans-Appalachian West::[html]

Today the United States stretches westward to the Pacific Ocean. However, in the mid-19th Century, American farmers who lived in the Trans-Appalachian West were considered westerners. Where is the Trans-Appalachian West?

{ =%100%*8*# } // question: 1377667 name: Map2 - 54 40 ::Map2 - 54 40::[html]

Which line of latitude was used by James K. Polk and the Democratic Party as a rallying cry for manifest destiny in the election of 1844? 

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{ =%100%*10*# } // question: 1377670 name: Map2 - Mex Cession ::Map2 - Mex Cession::[html]

What area was ceded to the United States by way of a war that ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo? 

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{ =%100%*4*# } // question: 1377669 name: Map2 - Mis Comp ::Map2 - Mis Comp::[html]

Which free state was added to the United States as a result of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? 

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{ =%100%*7*# } // question: 1377671 name: Map2 - Missouri ::Map2 - Missouri::[html]

This slave state was added to the union in 1820, even though it resides entirely north of the 36 degree 30 minute latitude line, an area designated as free territory. 

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{ =%100%*8*# } // question: 1377672 name: Map2 - Oregon ::Map2 - Oregon::[html]

The United States peacefully decided to end its territorial conflict with Great Britain in 1846 by deciding to compromise at this, the 49th parallel. 

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{ =%100%*9*# } // question: 1377668 name: Map2 - War ::Map2 - War::[html]

Where was the disputed territory that caused the United States to go to war with Mexico after President Polk claimed that "American blood had been shed on American soil"?

{ =%100%*3*# } // question: 1377675 name: Map3 - Comp 1850 ::Map3 - Comp 1850::[html]

By terms of the Compromise of 1850, these areas could decided the issue of slavery by using popular sovereignty. Although there are two correct answers to this question, enter the number of ONLY ONE of these areas.

{ =%100%*2*# =%100%3# } // question: 1377673 name: Map3 - Illinois ::Map3 - Illinois::[html]

The proposed railroad (on the map), was to have its eastern terminus in this state, represented by Senator Stephen Douglas. This was the main reason Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, in order to organize the territory to the west.  Where is this state?

{ =%100%*12*# } // question: 1377674 name: Map3 - Kansas ::Map3 - Kansas::[html]

The American Civil War can be said to have started five years before the official start of the war. Pro slave and Free Soil settlers battled with and killed one another here in 1856.

{ =%100%*5*# } // question: 1377676 name: Map3 - Pro Slavers ::Map3 - Pro Slavers::[html]

We know from the textbook and video that pro-slavery men from these specific states, were responsible for the voter fraud in the election of a state legislature in Kansas, and who also sacked the Free Soil town of Lawrence, eventually helping to cause "Bleeding Kansas"?   Although there are two states that are correct answers for this question, choose ONLY one and enter its number in the box below.

{ =%100%*8*# =%100%*9*# } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/True False $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/True False // question: 1377636 name: According to the video and your instructor, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 was the worst case of extreme prejudice in a court decision and the best example, in all of U.S. history, of the Supreme ... ::According to the video and your instructor, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 was the worst case of extreme prejudice in a court decision and the best example, in all of U.S. history, of the Supreme ...::[html]

According to the video and your instructor, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 was the worst case of extreme prejudice in a court decision and the best example, in all of U.S. history, of the Supreme Court practicing judicial restraint. 

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{FALSE} // question: 1377637 name: After 1808, when the importation of slaves became illegal, the number of Blacks in the United States steadily declined. ::After 1808, when the importation of slaves became illegal, the number of Blacks in the United States steadily declined.::[html]

After 1808, when the importation of slaves became illegal, the number of Blacks in the United States steadily declined. 

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{FALSE} // question: 1377645 name: As discussed in the online forum, while there may have been some initial confusion over the point of view of this political cartoon, it is clear that it depicts a pro-slavery and pro-southern ... ::As discussed in the online forum, while there may have been some initial confusion over the point of view of this political cartoon, it is clear that it depicts a pro-slavery and pro-southern ...::[html]

As discussed in the online forum, while there may have been some initial confusion over the point of view of this political cartoon, it is clear that it depicts a pro-slavery and pro-southern position on the issue of abolitionism. 

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{TRUE} // question: 1377638 name: At the time of the Civil War, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all. ::At the time of the Civil War, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all.::[html]At the time of the Civil War, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all.{TRUE# } // question: 1377639 name: Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, ... ::Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, ...::[html]

Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, you can also assume that he was probably a long-time member of the Democratic Party. 

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{FALSE} // question: 1377640 name: Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population. ::Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population.::[html]Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population.{TRUE# } // question: 1377642 name: In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by ... ::In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by ...::[html]In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by today's scientific standards, many Americans, believing in the power and superiority of science, concluded that these scientists were correct and therefore condoned many prejudicial and discriminatory acts by whites against blacks during that time period.{TRUE# } // question: 1377641 name: In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They were often at odds with Catholics and ... ::In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They were often at odds with Catholics and ...::[html]In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They were often at odds with Catholics and non-believers. The native-born Americans who were atheists or who were least concerned about religion tended to be members of the Democratic Party.{TRUE# } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377646 name: Political cartoons have existed since the foundation of the United States. Videos are a relatively newer way to deliver information. In either case, taking the message "out of context" has ... ::Political cartoons have existed since the foundation of the United States. Videos are a relatively newer way to deliver information. In either case, taking the message "out of context" has ...::[html]

Political cartoons have existed since the foundation of the United States. Videos are a relatively newer way to deliver information. In either case, taking the message "out of context" has serious ramifications, often distorting the truth or intent of the original message. Students experienced this first hand when dealing with information on President Obama and Republican Michael Steele in the online forum. 

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{TRUE} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/True False $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/True False // question: 1377647 name: The preview of Director Stephen Spielberg's movie Amistad claimed to be "A True Story". Professor Eric Foner, whose article you read in the online forum, is in strong agreement with your ... ::The preview of Director Stephen Spielberg's movie Amistad claimed to be "A True Story". Professor Eric Foner, whose article you read in the online forum, is in strong agreement with your ...::[html]

The preview of Director Stephen Spielberg's movie Amistad claimed to be "A True Story". Professor Eric Foner, whose article you read in the online forum, is in strong agreement with your textbook authors concerning this film and its use as an educational tool. Both agree that, while there are a few cases if Hollywood artistic license, that the film is historically accurate. 

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{FALSE} // question: 1377643 name: The problem of race in the United States is evident in that although the free-soil and pro-slavery supporters were on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum, both groups were also anti-Black. ::The problem of race in the United States is evident in that although the free-soil and pro-slavery supporters were on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum, both groups were also anti-Black.::[html]The problem of race in the United States is evident in that although the free-soil and pro-slavery supporters were on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum, both groups were also anti-Black.{TRUE# } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/unused w12 // question: 1377648 name: The Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights was held in 1848. But even in 2008, the controversies surrounding the issue of women in politics is far from over. Rebecca Traister, who you heard ... ::The Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights was held in 1848. But even in 2008, the controversies surrounding the issue of women in politics is far from over. Rebecca Traister, who you heard ...::[html]

The Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights was held in 1848. But even in 2008, the controversies surrounding the issue of women in politics is far from over. Rebecca Traister, who you heard speak in the online forum video, would have been in full agreement with the sentiment and direction of this political cartoon. As soon as one female candidate had dropped out of the race, that women voters in the United States should give their support to the remaining female candidate. 

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{FALSE} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/True False $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/True False // question: 1377698 name: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence. ::The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence.::[html]The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence.{FALSE# } // question: 1377644 name: The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the ... ::The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the ...::[html]The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the British on the Oregon Treaty angered northern, expansionist-minded Whigs in his own party. Moreover, it added to northerners fears of a slave power conspiracy in the federal government.{FALSE# }